§ MR. THOMAS O'DONNELL (Kerry, W.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that Mr. Beasley, of Beale national school, Bally bunion, though bringing his school from middling to good since his appointment in 1904, is now worse off in the matter of salary than if he remained 54 assistant; and whether the whole question of the method of granting increments and their amounts will be fully inquired into.
§ MR. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that it is not the fact that this teacher has suffered by promotion. He now receives as principal some £6 per annum more than he would have received as assistant, and has the additional advantage that he is eligible for further promotion. As regards the concluding part of the Question, I am not in a position to make any promise.